The psychological disease burden in nepal and its relationship to physical health problems

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 419-428

  Tausig, Mark ^a   Subedi, Sree ^b   Subedi, Janaradan ^b   Broughton, C L ^a   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142686886     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2004.32.5.419     Document Type: Article

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